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Junk Man Admits Boy Electrocuted On Wire Theft Trip Omaha, Neb. (UP.) An Omaha junk dealer has con fessed that his 17-year-old help er was accidentally electrocuted while the two were attempting to steal wire from state power lines, police said today. Otto Glaser, 52, said he watched in horror as young Don ald Larry Marfisi touched a live wire despite his shouted warn ing. "Don't Donnie . . . for God's sake don't cut that wire," Glaser said he shouted. But it was too late. The youth fell to the ground, a burned and mangled corpse. His hand was severed from his arm at the wrist. Became Panicky Glaser said he realized the boy was dead but became pan icky and loaded the body into his truck. He said he drove to what he thought was a hospital entiftnce and dumped it, tossing the severed hand after the body. The boy's body was discov ered shortly before dawn near the Douglas County hospital for the aged and chronically ill. When officers inspected the strange wounds on the youth, including severe burns on the soles of his feet and on his shoulders, and saw his severed right hand lying nearby, they suspected Marfisi had been brutally tortured. A medical examination showed, however, that the boy had been electrocuted. 1 Mr - Governor Accepting Fair Resignations Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Soianes said today he was ac cepting the resignations of mem bew of the present Oregon State Faiw commission and indicated be weuld announce his new com mission soon. Holmes said he was taking the action now to insure ade quate planning for the 1957 State Fair, scheduled to start in Salem Aug. 81. Besignationi accepted by the gojrnor were from Dr. E. B. Stewart of Roseburg, Henry Ah rens of Turner, Hollis Goodrich Jr. at Portland and Mrs. Bern ard O. Schucking of Salem. The fifth commissioner was Harold Barnett, whose term expired yesterday. The resignations were offered after the governor's announce ment that he was suDDOrtine lee- j islation to return direction of Bay At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks. Fines, Drain Tile 721 W. McAndrews Phone 2 4107 PAUL A. HATTON Returning to Medford Former Domiciliary Manager Returning Paul A. Hatton, 59, manager of the Camp White VA Domicil iary for about five years is re turning to Medfore to reside af ter about four years as manager of the Veterans Administration hospital at Hot Springs, S.D. Hatton retired March 31 in Hot Springs after about 40 years of government service. He plans to reside permanently in Med ford. . The VA selected Hatton in 1948 to be the first manager of the Camp White domiciliary, which previously had been an 1,800-bed Army hospital. He was assigned to rehabili tate, equip, staff and open the hospital for domiciliary pur poses. On Dec. 18, 1948, the first veterans were admitted. He had first reported to the hospital Oct. 4. Hatton remained in charge of the Camp White installation un til June 30, 1953, when he was promoted and transferred as manager to the VA hospital at Hot Springs. Holmes Designates Official Foot Guard Salem (U.R) Fifty per cent of Gov. Robert D. Holmes traces its beginnings back to the fight ing MacQuarrie clan of Scot land, and the other half went along willing, Tuesday as he designated the Eugene highland ers bag pipe band as his official foot guard. The 28-member band, made up of 14 pipers, seven drummers and seven bonnie dancers, will serve as official escorts for the governor at certain functions about the state. ' Gov. Holmes made the desig nation after a delegation of three from the highlander band called at the capitol Monday to seren ade the governor and Legisla" ture with bagpipes. The footguard won't conflict with the duties of the 234th Army band, National Guard musical organization, which is the governor's official band. Mounted guards will continue to be the governor's official escort. the State Fair to the State De partment of Agriculture. The present separate commission was created by the 1951 Legislature. U.S. Housing for Mexican Laborers Said Substandard Nogales Mex. (U.R) The U. S. Department of Labor Wed nesday substantiated to a con siderable degree charges by U.S. and Mexican labor groups that Mexicans were being forced to live in substandard housing fa cilities in American farm labor camps. Facts and figures suppied by by a government survey of some 3,237 migrant labor camps and housing units were read before the second session of the fourth conference of the joint United States-Mexico Trade Union com mittee by Frank L. Noakes, chairman of the U.S. section of the committee. The survey was conducted be tween Jan. 1 and March 8 by the Farm Placement Service of the U. S. Bureau of Employment Security. Correcting Deficiencies Noakes said Don Larin, chief of the Farm Placement Service, reported "General employer co operation in correcting' defic iencies." The deficiencies report ed by the government check-up however, reported such inade quacies as 30 camps without por table water supply, 50 with dir ect floor housing, 120 with no provision for hot water bathing or laundry, 1,705 without suffic ient cook stoves, 516 with no provision for heating of sleep ing quarters, 25 without tables or chairs, 5,345 beds without wattresses and 5,245 beds with out sufficient blankets. Pamphlet Prompts Probe Noakes said the government survey was prompted by a recent labor sponsored publication en titled "Strangers In Our Fields, which pointed up the condition under which may of the so call ed Bracero$, or Mexican con tract laborers were being re quired to live. In Tuesday's opening session, the U. S. and Mexican labor leaders pledged to fight for higher minimum wages for ag ricultural workers, with partic ular emphasis on the pay of the Mexican field hands imported under the International Migra tory Labor Agreement. Hiilsboro Driver Killed in Accident Hiilsboro, Ore. (U.R) A car struck a tree about two and one half miles east of here early to day, killing Julius Baler, 44, Hiilsboro. State Policeman Bob Reilly said Baier's car failed to make a turn. The impact with the large oak tree threw the victim into a water-filled roadside ditch. The car rolled on top of him and Reily said it was possible the victim drowned. There were no witnesses and the accident was discovered by Reilly. India has the fourth largest railroad system in the world with 34,119 route miles in gen eral operation. BOUNCING BOB Celtics' Bob Cousy (14) leaps, turns and palms ball off to teammate Tom Heinsohn who scored a layup against the St. Louis Hawks in second game of the N. B. 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Dressen won't say so, but he would be happy to finish sev enth again He tabs his catching as the 'strongest department we have. One of his receivers, Clint Courtney, is being sought by the White Sox. The other two are Ed Fitzgerald and Lou Ber- beret. Fitzgerald batted .304 last season, Courtney an even 300 and Berberet, who could win the No. 1 job, .261 Wants Better Pitching He is hoping for improvement in his pitching staff, which num bers Chuck Stobbs (15-15), Pedro Ramos (12-10), Camilo Pascual (8-16) and Ted Abernathy, who was sent down to Louisville last season after winning only one game . while losing three with Washington. "Pascual should be a lot bet ter and I think Abernathy is really going to help," Dressen said. "And Ramos can beat the Red Sox." Ramos beat them six times last season while losing to them only once. Behind those four, he is bank ing on two rookies to come through. They are Dick Hyde, a 15-game winner with Chattan ooga, and Garland Shifflett, who won 11 at Charlotte. Then there are Bob Chekales, a Cleveland cast-off whose rec ord was 4-4 with Washington last season; southpaw Bob Wies- ler, the ex-Yankee who had a 3- 12 record with the Senators in 1956: and Dean Stone, 5-7 last year. Dick Brodowski the ex-Red Sox hurler who won 11 at Louis ville last year, also may stick. Dressen has Pete Runnels on first base and he will start the season there with the weak- throwing Roy Sievers in left field. Eddie Yost will be at third. Three Vie At Short Jose Valdivielso, a slick field er but poor hitter; Jerry Sny der, an infield spare last season and Lyle Luttrell are battling for the shortstop berth with Herb Plews back at second. Jim Lemon, who hit 27 homers and batted in 96 runs for Wash ington last year will start in right. But center field is a prob lem because between Sievers and Lemmon,- Dressen really needs a ball hawk, 'for both are far from good fielders. Karl Olson, whom the Red Sox gave up on; Whitey Herzog, who hit only .245 with Washing ton last year, and Jerry Schoon- maker, a bonus player, are the leading center field candidates Wednesday, April 3, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN HOCKEY NATIONAL LEAGUE By United Press The surprising Boston Bruins and the not too surprising Mont real Canadiens were each only one victory away from the final series of the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs. The Bruins, rated underdogs to the defending champion De troit Red Wings at the start of their semi-final series, defeated the Wings, 2-0, Tuesday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead. The Canadiens opened up a similar lead over the Rangers by defeat ing them, 3-1. The Bruins play the Wings in Detroit Thursday night, while. Montreal again hosts the Rangers. 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Due to a balmy southern winter it has started sprouting and, for better or worse, the Masters this year has Bermuda. Blue Ribbon Event A field of at least 100 is as sured for Thursday's first round. It is the blue ribbon event of golf, bringing together the champions of the last genera tion by special invitation of Bob by Jones. Jones founded the tournament on a course of his own design in 1934 after his re tirement. Since 1949, however, Jones has been unable to make his lone annual appearance in the Oregon State 7-5, Victor Monmouth (U.R) Oregon State defeated Oregon College of Education, 7-5, here yester day in a 13-inning baseball game. Winning pitcher Fred Paine set off the Beaver two-run rally in the top of the 13th with, a sharp single to left field. TRANSFER NEAR ' Rochester, N.Y. flJ.R) Offi cials of the Rochester Royals have almost completed negotia tions for the transfer of their National Basketball association franchise to Cincinnati, the Rochester Democrat and Chron icle said today. The newspaper said an announcement of the team's switch to Cincinnati will be made at a press conference today by Les Harrison, owner and general manager of the Royals. SALAS VS. CHESTNUT Los Angeles (U.R) Lauro Salas, former lightweight cham pion now living in Los Angeles, and Ike Chestnut of New York have signed to meet in a 10 round featherweight bout at the Olympic Auditorium, April 18. Cotton textiles comprise India's chief industry and it pro duces about 4.3 billion yards of cloth annually. Masters due to a crippling back ailment. 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